
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Taste attributes: documentarysexunsavouryheavyrealisticlineargrittyenclosedsocial commentary
Boxlist takeGrounded and small-scale: a dark documentary. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
7.0 /10
TMDB · 25 votes
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- Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
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- Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
The definitive documentary on the history of nudity in feature films from the early silent days to the present, studying the changes in morality that led to the use of nudity in films while emphasizing the political, sociological and artistic changes that shaped that history. Skin will also study the gender inequality in presenting nude images in motion pictures and will follow the revolution that has created nude gender equality in feature films today.
Synopsis: TMDB
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- Genre
- Documentary
- Year
- 2020
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Status
- Released
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